Writer Techniques (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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What is the epistolary format used in Dracula?
What is the epistolary format used in Dracula?
Story told through documents/letters
What does the documentary approach with multiple narrative voices allow readers to do?
What does the documentary approach with multiple narrative voices allow readers to do?
Piece together mystery from different angles
What does the disrupted timeline in Dracula symbolically represent?
What does the disrupted timeline in Dracula symbolically represent?
Fracturing of Victorian certainty
Which example shows dramatic irony created by the non-linear timeline?
Which example shows dramatic irony created by the non-linear timeline?
Jonathan trapped; Lucy attacked
Where does the novel's climax occur?
Where does the novel's climax occur?
Transylvanian stronghold at sunset
What do Gothic descriptions in Dracula consistently emphasise?
What do Gothic descriptions in Dracula consistently emphasise?
Decay, isolation, and supernatural
What effect does Victorian formality create in the novel?
What effect does Victorian formality create in the novel?
Tension between repression/expression
What does the castle symbolise as the inverse of?
What does the castle symbolise as the inverse of?
Modern, rational England
What dual nature does blood symbolism possess in Dracula?
What dual nature does blood symbolism possess in Dracula?
Salvation and damnation both
How do religious symbols function in Dracula?
How do religious symbols function in Dracula?
Literal sources of power against evil
What do Lucy's transfusions symbolise?
What do Lucy's transfusions symbolise?
Life-saving medical intervention
What do bats and wolves represent in the novel?
What do bats and wolves represent in the novel?
Dracula's shape-shifting abilities